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MACHINE FOR FILLING BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. I9I 9.

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IVI. PARIDON. MACHlNE PoR FILLING BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1919.

Patnted Nov. 30, 1920.

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M. PARIDON. l MACHINE FOR FILLING BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY9.1919.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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MACHINE FOR FILLING BOXES.

APILICATION FILED MAY 9. 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1919.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PA TENTOFF1CE MICHAEL PAEIDON, or BARBEETON, OHIO, AssIGNRTo THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLiNoIsn CORPORATION OEILLINOIS.

MACHINE Eon FILLING BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd NOV. 30, 1920.

Application filed May 9, 1919i. Serial o. 295,835.

1o @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL PARIDON, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Barberton, in the county of Summitand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Filling Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to box filling machines; having reference moreparticularly to machines for filling and closing boxes of the so-calledtray-and-shuck type commonly used for containing matches; such, for eX-ample, as disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,300,762dated April 15, 1919.

Briefly described, the machine illustrated in said patent embodies atray-and-shuck conveyer comprising an endless chain of links havinglengthwise thereof two rows of spaced transverse walls; means arrangedlaterally of the horizontal path of the upper run of the conveyer forinserting box trays between the successive walls of one row; meansarranged endwise of the conveyer for inserting box shucks between thesuccessive walls of the other row; a trough-like hopper having adelivery throat for supplying matches to the progressing trays on theupper run of the conveyer, and traveling plunger mechanism for pushingthe thus lilled trays into their coi'nplementary shucks on the conveyer.

The object of my present invention is to improve the said patentedmachine in' va-v rious particulars with the view of materiallyincreasing the capacity and consequently the output of the machine, andalso of insuring with greater expedition and certainty the quantitativemeasurement .of the matches for delivery to the respective boi: trays.

to a suitable take-Off mechanism; all as will be `hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed'.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a box-filling machineembodying my invention.

2 is a plan of the machine.

Fig.: 3 is a transverse vertical'se'ction of the machine, as on the line3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar section, as on the' line 1g- 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5`isa` sectional plan of the right-`ha.d" or receiving end of themachine, certain parts, including the match supply hopper, therespective chutestructures for thetrays and shucks, and thetray-aiidshuc'k conveyeigbeing omitted for clearness.

Fig. 6 is a partiall plan of the delivery end of the' match hoppera'noly a portion of the tray-and-shuck conveyer, showing the blades andadjuncts.

Fig. 7 is a similar section through the yguide structurefor themeasuring blades,

showing the slide bars'for said blades, and the cam mechanism foroperating the slide bars.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical section Fig. 9 is a similar sectionthrough the throated portion of the hopper, showing they lowerfmeasuringblades of the respective throats as retractedy and the matches deliveredto the trays.

Figs. 10 and 11y are transverse vertical sections through the matchhopper and the adjacent portion ofthe tray-andshuck conveyer, as on thelines 101O and 11-11, respectively, of Fig.-8.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a twin plunger device, and adjuncts,for feeding spaced-apart box trays to the' conveyer.

Fig. 13 is a skeleton perspective view of the measuring blades and theslide bars therefor.

Fig. 111 is a view of a fragment of the tray-r and-shuck conveyer.

Fig. 15 is a plan of adjacent portionsof the tray-and-shuck conveyer andof the plunger conveyei' for nestingthe trays andA shucks, showingbox-ejecting members in section and also an inclined track structure'for receiving the filled boxes ejected from the said conveyer.

'Fig 16 is a vertical section through the box-ejecting mechanism,showing a part of the tray-and-shuck conveyer, and adjuncts.

The main supporting irame of the Inachine illustrated in the drawingscomprises a relatively long table 20; standards 21, and a bed 22. Themain power-driven shaft 23 extends longitudinally oit' and beneath thetable and has its bearings in suitable boxes on the standards.

The tray-and-shuck conveyer 24 passes about sprocket-wheels 25 mountedon transverse shafts 26 having their bearings in brackets 27 beneath thetable near its respective ends. The upper run of this conveyer travelsupon the top of the table and the lower run is guided upon alongitudinal guide bar 28 supported by standards 29 rising from the bed22. The shafts 26 bear pin wheels 30 which are engaged by adjacent cams31 respectively on the main shaft 23, the peripheral grooves of saidcams being of such contour as to iinpel the wheels 30 and perforce theconveyer intermittently for a purpose as hereinafter mentioned.

In the present instance the conveyer com prises a succession ot linkmembers jointed together to form an endless chain, having lengthwisethereof two rows ont spaced transverse walls 32, designed respectivelyto embrace and support the complementary box trays and shucks in endwiserelation to each other in such a manner that the trays can be slid.lengthwise into their respective shucks.

Box trays and shucks therefore are delivered to the links of theconveyer at the receiving portion or' the latter, that is, at the righthand end of the machine as viewed in lfigs, 1 and 27 in order that thecomplementary trays and shucks, supported in endwise relation to eachother as above mentioned, shall progress with the conveyer. The traysand shucks are respectively fed to the receiving spaces of the conveyerfrom opposite sides of the latter; the construction and operation beingsuch that two traysand two shucks are simultaneously positioned on theconveyer, and that the two spaces thus supplied are separated by seriesof intervening spacca-tour in the present instance. Each step movementof the conveyer is equal in extent to two adjacent spaces, that is, thelength of a link, and the tray and shuck supply stations are so locatedthat each alternate space is supplied with a tray and shuck at the firststation and each intervening empty space is supplied with a tray andshuck at the second station. Hence when the succeeding spaces ot' theconveyer pass the latter station they each contain a tray and shuck.

The tray and shuck feeding mechanism includes two pairs of guidechannels 34, arranged en the table adjacent and at right angles to therespective sides or' the conveyer. The channels 34- designed to receiveempty trays and the channels to receive the complementary shucks forsaid trays. Leading to each pair of channels is the lower end of aninclined chute structure 36 having two spaced apart parallel guide ways37 down which the boxes, er shucks, arranged in endwise relation to eachother, are progressively` fed to the channels. Mounted to reciprocate ineach pair oic channels are two plungers 3S which are carried by slidesreciprocable in parallel guides in a bracket meinl'eer 40 that is boltedto the table. (See Figs. d and 12). The plungers are guided in slottedbasal extensions 41 of the chute structure, which extensions are snuglyiitted in the respective gilde ways olI the bracket member. Each of theslides is provided with a lug which depends through a suit able slot 43in the guide bracket and is connected by means of a link with an arm.415 rising :from a. rock-shaft 1G which has its bearings in brackets i7extending from the side oil the table. The outer ends of the tworock-shafts 46 are provided with inwardly extending arms 48 having attheir free ends rolls 4-9 in engagement with appropriate tace camgrooves 50 formed in two corresponding gear-wheels 51, whereby duringthe concurrent rotation ot said wheels the respective rock-shafts areactuated and the plungers simultaneously reciprocated with in theirrespective channels 34, 35 in a direction toward and from the conveyer.One olf the gear-wheels is fast on the main shaft 23. and the otherwheel is tast on a shorter shaft 52 having its bearings in the mainframe: an idler gear 53 on a stud-shaft 54 being interposed between andin mesh with the wheels l. Thus the gear-wheels 51 are concurrentlydriven t'rom the main shaft.

During the partial retraction of each paiiI oit plungers 38 their innerportions lie directly below and extend inwardly -beyond the lower endsoi the guide ways 37 ot the adjacent chute structure, and hence a pairotl box elements (trays or shucks) are delivered upon such portions otthe plungers. lVhen the plungers are fully retracted they escape suchsuperposed elements and the latter drop upon the floors ot the channels,(3d, whereupon, in the succeeding inward stroke of the plungers, theopposing box elements are pushed along the channels and into theadjacent receiving spaces of the conveyer.

In order to insure the descent ofthe box elements within theirrespective channels, I preferably provide vertically movable pressureheads 527i which are adapted to bear upon and recede from such elementsnnmediately before the latter are. pushed upon the conveyer. There are apair of spaced pressure heads for each pair of channels7 which heads areconveniently formed on the respective ends oli' a bar 5G which securedto the ups-standing limbs of a. bifurcated plunger 57. ln the presentinstance the extremities of the plunger limbs, which extend freelythrough perforated guide bosses on the table, are screw-threaded andprovided with` clamp nuts 59, whereby the bar is adjustably secured tothe plunger. The lower end ot this plunger is pivoted, as at 60, to one,end of an arm Gl which is loosely hung on th l adjacent rock-shaft 46.On one side olE this arm is a roll G2 which engages the groove x33 olf aface cam 64. There are two counterpart face cams 64, one for each set oipressure membersa which cams are 'fast on the shatts 23, 52respectively. The contour of the cams G4 is such that the arms 45 arecorresl'iondingly oscillated to effect the periodical raising andlowering of the pressure members tor the purpose mentioned. (See Figs.l, 2 and il.)

rlhe box trays srqiported on the conveyer are carried beneath a suitablematch supply hopper by means of which quantities oi matches are measuredand delivered in alter-4 nation to two spaced-apart trays during eachdwell ot the conveyor while two trays and two shuclrs' are beingpositioned on spaced rearward linksoli `the conveyor. In the presentinstance a trough-like hopper is employed comprising an elongatedinclined bottom and sides @(3.4a the space between which latter isslightly greater in width than the length of a match, The bottom isprovided adjacent. its lower end with two depending` throat portions GTarranged in spaced rela tion to each other correspondingly with eachpair of tray and shuck channels Bel, 35, and adapted to receive thematches and deliver them in'nieasured quantities to the :immediatelyui'iderlying empty match trays on the conveyor. The hopper islongitudinally reciprocated in any usual or approved manner to citentthe orderly descent of the matches from the upper or receiving end ofthe trough to its lower end, which latter end is constituted by astationary end wall 88 supported by a bracket S8 rising from the table.This wall. during the longitudinal vibration oi" the body ot the hopper,tends to direct the :u'fcuinulatwl matches at the lower end of thehopper toward the throat portions. A rod 89, which is pivoted at itslower end to the bracket7 overlies the inclined hopper throughout thegreater part of the length of the latter, which rod, thus resting uponthe contents of the hopper, serves as a top guard tor the matches andalso contributes to their descent during the vibration oit' the hopper.The transverse walls of each throat portion of the hopper` are slottedin different horizontal planes, as at 68, 69 respectively, for thereception of a set of slide blades which are reciprocable across thethroat at predetermined intervals. The set or" blades comprises an upperpair 70 and a lower pair 7l, whichA pairs are so spaced apart verticallythat when they are positioned within and across the throat, as seen mostclearly in Fig. 8, they provide between them a chamber substantiallyequal in capacity to the interior ot a match tray. The slide blades :torthe respective throats are timely actu ated and controlled to cut offand measurel definite quantities of matches; th at is to say, the lowerblades are retracted, as seen in Fig. 9, to permit the discharge oli themeasured quantities ot matches to the underlying vempty trays while theupper blades remain in their inward or closing position; the lowerblades are then positioned to close the lower portions of the throatsand the upper blades are retracted to permit the descent ol matches toand upon the lower blades; und the upper blades are then positioned tocutoff the supply ot' matches and complete the measuringl operationpreparatory to the delivery oli the matches to a succeeding` pair otunderlying trays as before; and so on.

In the present instance each blade constituted by the right angularextension ot a plate 72 which is atlixed to a slide bar '75? mounted toreciprocate in a longitudinal guide structure 'Tel on the table 2l).There are tour slide bars arranged in sliqiieriiosed pairs, the upperpair arrying the respective upper plates olE the two sets and the lowerpair the respective lower plates. The series ot bars are maintained inplace by a suitable cap plate 75 on the guide structure. Each bar isprovided on its outer edge with a pair of lugs '7G which projectoutwardly beyond the guide structure; the .lugs of the respective barsbeingv arranged .in spaced relation to each other as shown. (See Figs.

"l, L., 6, 7 and 13). The lugs loosely receive the upper or knuckle endsot' a series of rock-- arms 77 which are arranged in two pairs carriedby parallel. rock-shafts 78 extending transversely of and beneath thetable, and having theirx bearings in the latter. Depending 'lrom theshafts 7S are arms 7l) equipped at their lower ends with rolls SO whichengage the respective grooves Si. ot' a barrel cam S2 fast on the mainshaft 9,3, which grooves are arranged in oppositely related pairsrespectively, as shown.I See Figs. l and 7). The grooves of one pair areadjacent to and parallel with each other in one hall of theircircumference, and gradually diverge and then converge throughout theremainder of the circumternce; and the grooves ot theother pair arewidely separated from and parallel to each other in one half of theircircumference and gradually converge andthen diverge throughoutreinainder of their circumference. The Lairallel iiiortions of onepoirof grooves are in diaineti-ic: opposite relation to the parallelpoi-ions of the other pair; and hence when one pair of arms are beingoscillated by the working portions of one aair of `grooves the otherpair of arms are being held at rest bf the parallel portions of theother pair of grooves; and the con verse.

@ne pair of arins 7T w connected with the lugs i of the respectL felower bars ills and the other pair connected with the lugs of therespective upper bars. Hence during each complete rotation of the cainthe tivo sets of measuring lades, as they may be termed, are operated int' nely rela-- tion to each other, that is in one half rotation of thecani the lower blades of each sel are maintained in their inwardpositions to parti-tion the feed throats and provide temporary bottomstherefor, ai l in the reniaindcr of the rotation s 'd lower blades areretracted frein the throats, seen in Fig. 9, and then returned to theirinward positions preparatory to a succeeding dwell; the two pairs upperblades being;- siinultaneonsly operated reversely of the loiver bladesduring such complete rotation; t. c., during the interval. of rest (orclosed pesition) of the lower blades the upper blades are graduallyopered and then dually closed preparatory to a succeeding ovvell.

The hopper is provided With a suitably disposed guide portion 8?) whichslidingly mounted on a guide post rising from a cover plate 85overhanging the conveyer, and the delivery end of the hopper longtudinally extended, as at S0, and provioed with depending horizontalside ilffinges Si' which are prolonged laterally' of the dischargethroats of the hopper. These flanges are offset to receive and embracethe tray receiving portion of and serve as a guard and guide for theconveyer and trays in the region of the match i'illing station.

lllhen the filled trays with their complementary shocks are advancedbeyond the hoppera such trays `successively pushed into the shucls,preferably by ineens of an endless series of liorinontally r ciprocativeplungers S0 mounted in spaced relation to each other on an endlessconveyor 01, the upper run of which is arranged to travel adjacent to,and in the saine direction as, and concurrently with the upper run ofthe tray-and-shnck conveyer.

The plunger conveyor 91 herein illustrated comp links jointed togetherin endless series and supported by tivo sprocket- Wheels 92, 93, theformer of which is niounted on the left hand shaft 26, and the latter ofwhich Wheels is mounted on a shaft 9e having its bearings in bracketsbeneath the table. The shaft 941 is equipped With a pin Wheel 95(similarly to the shafts 2(5) with the i pins of Which engages a cain 96on the main shaft. hns the plunger conveyer is timely driven in respectto the tray-and-'shuck conveyer. The plungers, which are slidinglyfitted in transverse guide Ways in the links of the conveyor 91, areprovided respectively with rip-standing studs 9T adapted in the travelof the plnngers, to enter an appropriate cam Way 9S of an overhangingplate structure 99 on the table, such studs thus being successivelyactuated to effect a gradual inward movement ancl then a correspondingreturn inoveinent of the plungers in respect to the tray-and-slnicl;conveyer. The forward or acting end of each plunger is provided with athrust head 100 designed to act upon the opposing end of a illed tray inthe conveyer 241;, and push such tray directly into its complementaryshuck.

The guide bar 28 is usually constructed with an appropriate bearingportion 101 which underlies and supports the lower run of the plui'igerconveyor 91 in its travel* fr suitable hold-doivn device for the shuclsis arranged in the region of their travel Where the trays aresuccessively entered into the shucks7 which device con1- prises a blockcarried by the free end of a vertically niovable arin 103 overhangingthe path of the shucls. rl'his erin being pivoted its outer end tosuitably disposed brackets ft` on the table, the blocli exertssufficient holding pressure on the successive shucls passing thereunderat the time the trays are being entered into the proxiinate open ends ofthe shucls.

ils the filled boxes, c., nested trays andV shuclis) approach thedischarging (lefthand) end of the machine, such boxes are removed insucceeding pairs from the conveyer by means of a suitable ejector anddeposited upon an inclined trach structure 10:3 on which they descend toan olf-bearing belt 10G. in the present instance the ejector comprisesa. pair of spaced fingers 10T which are formed on a sleeve fast on theinner end of a shaft 108 overhanging the discharge end of the machine,said sleeve hav.- ing preferably a balance wheel or disk 101 formedthereon. rllhe shaft 108, which has :is bearing in a bracket 109 on thetable, is

` provided at its outer end vvit-h a sprocket- Wheel 110 connected byineans of a chain 111 with a similar Wheel 112 on the main shaft 23.Thus the shaft 108 and the ejector fingers are continuously rotated. Thebracket 109 includes a suitable guard casing 113 for the rotatinglingers. The shaft 10S is so timed and the fingers areso disposed inrelation to the tray-and-shuclr cenveyer, that said lingers in a part oftheir rotation iripinge against the inner ends of two adj acent boxesduring each dwell of the c0I1- veyer, and thus sweep them endwise fromthe latter and upon the inclined track structure 105. (See Figs. 1, 2,3, 15 and 16).

'The track structure is supported by a bracket 11a on the adjacent endof the table 20; the upper surface=of such structure being formed withaA pair of spaced parallel guidchannels 115 for the reception andguidance of the closed boxes. The off-bearing belt 106 is mounted totravel at right angles `to and slightly below the lower ends of thechannels 115 so that the boxes as they glide from the latter pass to andupon the belt. rlhis belt is supported by a pair of spaced pulleys 116,(only one of which is shown) the shafts of which have their bearings inend projections of a table 117, one end of which is supported adjacentto the dischargeV end of the machine by columns 118. The table ispreferably provided with a raised guide portion 119 which extendslongitudinally of and supports the upper lead of the belt 106. The shaftof the pulley 116 adjacent the track structure is extended inward towardthe main frame and is equipped with a. pin wheel 120 with which engagesa cam 121 on the main shaft, and hence an intermittent motion istransmitted to the olf-bearing belt. The gearing just described is sotimed that in each dwell of the off-bearing belt' two pairs of boxes aredischarged from the track structure, one pair thus being superposed onthe other, as indicated in Fig. 3. As the off-bearing belt progressesthe row of superposed filled boxes are carried to a suitable 'stationfor packing. An upstanding plate 122 aiiixed to and longitudinally ofthe table 117, adjacent the outer edge of the belt, serves as a guardrail for the boxes upon'the latter.

It is to be understood that my invention .is not limited to the exactdetails of construction herein disclosed, as the mechanism may bemodified within the principle of the invention and the scope of theappended claims.

I claim-4- l. In a box-filling machine, the combina- 'tion of aconveyerlhaving a succession of members adapted to receive and holdcomplementary trays and shucks in endwise relation to eachother, meansfor intermittently advancing said conveyer, means leading to oppositesides of said conveyer for simultaneously supplying a plurality of traysand a like. plurality of shucks to spaced-apart members of the conveyer,means for simultaneously supplying matches to a like plurality ofspaced-apart trays on the conveyer, and means for thereafter nesting thefilled trays and their complementary shucks.

In a box-filling machine, the combination of a conveyer having asuccession of members adapted to receive and hold complementary traysand shucks in endwise relation.' to each other, means for intermittentlyadvancing said conveyer, a pair of tion of a conveyer having asuccession of members adapted to receive and hold complementary traysand shucks in endwise relation to each other, means for intermittentlyadvancing said conveyer, means for simultaneously supplying a pluralityof complementary tra-ys and shucks to said members, a hopper having twodelivery throats in spaced relation to each other for simultaneouslysupplying matches to two spacedapart trays on the conveyer, measuringde- Avices for said throats, and means for nesting the filled trays andtheir complementary shucks.

el. In a box-filling machine, the combination of a 'conveyer having asuccession of members adapted to receive and hold complementary traysandshucks in endwise relation to each other, means for intermittentlyadvancing said conveyer, means for supplyying complementary trays andshucks to said members, a hopper having twoy delivery throats in spacedrelation to each other for simultaneously supplying matches to twospaced-apart trays on theconveyer, upper and lower measuring blades foreach of said throats, operative connections between the upper bladesofthe respective throats, operative connections between the lower bladesof said throats, and means for operating said upper and lower bladevconnectio'nslat predetermined. intervals; y 1- 5. In a box-fillingmachine, the combination of a conveyer having a succession of membersadapted to receive and hold complementary trays and shucks in endwiseVrela-- tion to each other, means for intermittently advancing saidconveyer, means for supplying complementary trays and shucks to saidmembers, a hopper having` two delivery throats in spaced relationto eachother for simultaneously supplyingy matches to two spaced-apart traysOnthe conveyer, a pair of upper measuring blades for each of saidthroats, a pair of lower measuring blades for each kof said throats, apair of slide bars to which the upper blades are connected, a pair ofslide bars to which the lower blades are connected, a cam element, andoperative connections between said element and the respective slidebars.

6. In a box-llling machine, the combination with a conveyer having asuccession of members for receiving and holding box trays, means forintermittently advancing said conveyer, means for simultaneouslysupplying a paii` of boxtrays to spaced-apart members, a hopper havingtwo delivery throats in spaced relation to each other for simultaneouslysupplying matches to two spaced-apart trays on the conveyer, a pair ofupper measuring blades for each of said throats, a pair of lowermeasuring blades for each oi? said throats, a pair of slide bars towhich the upper blades are connected, a pair of slide bars to which thelower blades are connected, a cam element, and operative connectionsbetween said cam element and the respective slide bars.

7. In a box-filling machine, the combination with a conveyer having asuccession of members for receiving and holding box elements, of a feedstructure for said elements having its delivery end in spaced relationto one side of the conveyer, a horizontal plunger reciprocative beneaththe delivery end of said structure and toward and from the conveyer,means for actuating said plunger, a pressure member verticallyreciprocative in a plane intersecting the space between the saidstructure and the conveyer, and means for actuating said pressuremember.

8. In a boX-iilling machine, the combination with a conveyer having asuccession of members for receiving and holding box elements, of twofeed structures leading toward but spaced from the respective sides ofthe conveyer, one of said structures being for box trays and the otherstructure being for box shucks, plungers reciprocative beneath thedelivery ends of the respective structures, means for simultaneouslyactuating said plungers, pressure members vertically reciprocative inplanes intersecting the spaces between the respective structures and theconveyer, and means for simultaneously actuating said pressure members.

9. In a box-filling machine, the combination with a conveyer having asuccession of members for receiving and holding boX elements, means forintermittently moving said carrier, and means for simultaneously feed*ing succeeding pairs of spaced-apart box trays to said members, or' ahopper having two depending delivery throats overlying the path of theconveyer and spaced-apart correspondingly with each pair of trays.

10. In a box-filling machine, the combination of a conveyer having asuccession of members adapted to receive and hold complementary traysand Shucks in endwise relation to each other, means for intermittentlyadvancing said conveyer, means for simultaneously supplying a pluralityof complementary trays and shucks to spaced-apart members oi' theconveyer, means for simultaneously supplying matches to a like pluralityol? spaced-apart trays on the conveyer, means for nesting the succeedingfilled trays and ytheir complementary shucks, and means forsimultaneously ejecting a like plurality of nested trays and shucks fromthe conveyer.

ll. In a boX-iilling machine, the combina tion with a conveyer for asuccession of closed boxes, of means for ejecting succeeding pairs ofboxes from said conveyer, a downwardly inclined track structure to whichthe boxes are delivered, and an otibearing belt to which the boxes aredirected by said structure, said belt being on a lower level than thedelivery end ol'Y the track structure and being adapted to receivesuperposed rows of boxes.

l2. In a box-filling machine, the combina tion with a conveyer having asuccession of members for carrying closed boxes, and means forintermittently actuating said con veyer, of means for eject-ingsucceeding pairs Yol boxes from the conveyer during its intervals ofrest, said means comprising a pair of spaced ingers,.a shait therefor,and means for rotating said shaft.

Signed at Barberton, in the county oi Summit and State of Ohio this 5day of May A. D. 1919.

MICHAEL PARIDON.

